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Louth GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To ColmFlaherty: "Daire Nally and Donal McKenny 2 serious defenders" Those lads have been exceptional along with Emmet Carolan in the full back line. Credit to the management team who have built a deep panel over the last few campaigns. Missing Dermot Campbell, Eoghan Callaghan, Peter Lynch and Dan Corcoran also in the backs. The likes of young Tinnelly came in when bodies were low in the league campaign and done well. Panel depth has been crucial.
Shearer (National) - 01/07/2026 16:26:44
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Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Emmets67: "Gleeson gone to Galway United, finally clearing the way for Barry McHugh to fulfil his destiny as Galway's No 1" Would you give it a break.
Alwaysencourage (National) - 01/07/2026 15:56:12
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Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)
I feel so sorry for our lads. But I don't think you can blame management alone. PJ didn't give himself the extension. The blame is further up the chain.
It's certainly not the fault of Gough, or of a goalkeeper with a pair on him bigger than the O'Neills he hoofs out under more scrutiny than Princess Diana had to endure. GUFC fans will be kinder to him than we have been. If you could out Celtic Crosses, he'd be my first in line.
As for PJ, I'm sorry too that he won't take the opportunity to use Gough as cover to bow out with dignity, rather than as an excuse to stay on for a movie we've all seen before.
But we'll watch it again next year. The critics will give it rave reviews, north of the Corrib, east of the Shannon. Maybe Jim Gavin will provide snacks with his Kool-Aid next time. In truth, it's a story without any real edge. The plot always peters out. Characters whose flaws are too familiar now. Nothing fresh. The emperor might wear new clothes. Again.
Fans of the Pat Comer original could say this one jumped the shark long ago. Not a patch on the original. It's the same tired sequel. Same tired ending.
"Another Year 'Til Sunday".
Who knows? Maybe we'll salvage something from the wreckage in the years to come. We survived the nuclear winter after Tompkins dropped the bomb on us in '87. I wasn't around for the glories a quarter-century earlier; it might have been easier just to have lived through them in real time. In a county like ours, it's not difficult to understand the inclination to fall back on bygone days.
The future belongs to the Tyrones and the Kerrys. Maybe even those plucky little giantkillers, the Dubs.
I hope to remember PJ for what he did on the field rather than on the sideline.
Sin é...
Gaillimh Abú
Gaillimh_ar_dtús (National) - 01/07/2026 15:45:32
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Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To AnCrúiscínLán: "Wouldn't it be great for Connaught football to see Mayo win the AI. If they did, it would give young Galway players coming through development squads great belief that they could progress and aspire to winning an AI title. It's great to see Kobe breaking lines and using that beautiful slicing technique to score points and goals from distance. Many Galway people have Mayo connections, so I don't see why we shouldn't support our neighbours. Before the advent of social media we always supported our neighbours - Roscommon too. But things have turned very petty and begrudging." One of the worst takes I've ever seen on this thread
Galwayman67420 (National) - 01/07/2026 14:14:36
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To seanie08: "A few days on now dust has settled the disappointment is almost worse. Going back to my childhood i vaguely recall 85 but aside from 07 v kerry when we still buckled in last 10 minutes I dont ever remember a monaghan side performing in croke park when it really mattered. Last year and this there were v clear paths to an all ireland final and on both days second half v donegal and last sunday team just didnt perform. Same as 13 15 18. We are a great side when chasing a lead and backs against the wall stuff but when any level of expectation like 6 minutes in on Sunday louth down to 14 we usually just dont do it in croke for whatever reason belief tradition etc happy to get the usual patronising BS about punching above our weight. Dick clerkin made a great pt on podcast this week . Gavin Devlin who was involved in those tyrone victories in the 10s with mickey harte over us would have drilled into the louth players monaghan werent a croke park team and would buckle if louth went at us which proved to be the case on sunday. Before people use beggan as an excuse remember beggan was there for last year and all other defeats its a collective failing across generations and different managers." You make a very good point, croke park is a real graveyard for monaghan football. I'm not entirely sure why but it has to be a generational thing of having little success there or tradition. I think we have won 3 games and a penalty shoot out there since the 1930s re championship. Even before louth squeezed us in the last 5 minutes Sunday, the chances we missed were unforgiveable and they would have been clipped over in clones no doubt. It seemed the weight of expectation got to us again in HQ. Might not seem like much but louth winning a leinster there and taking out dublin was definitely worth two points. I think the one thing most posters agree here is we need size and power going forward. Sean Jones and Mc Philips need to be back in the panel. It was a decent year but we left an anglo celt behind us and a SF. Both games were there for us.
222 (National) - 01/07/2026 11:57:46
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Football Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Square_B: "A Kilkenny man on a football thread, well isn't that ironic." Kilkenny has 3 senior football provincial titles in a province of 12 counties.
Please remind us again how many Leitrim has in a province of 5.
The real irony is having a Leitrim man on a football thread.
foreveryoung (National) - 01/07/2026 19:24:03
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To SouthMonMan: "There are some comments about Monaghan remaining in Div 2 to continuously blood players, but we must aim to get back and stay in Div 1. There is no better place to blood new players then Div 1. If we go up and down every 1-2 years, so be it. I know rules have changed but an interesting fact is that only one county in the past 30-40 years has won an All Ireland while not playing in the top tier division for any year in the preivous 3 years to the win, that was Armagh in 2002.
To win big championship games, you need a bit luck and decisions to go your way. If you look back to Derry game, if Monaghan hadn't turned it around from a disasterous second half and pushed game to extra time with McCarrons wonder point, would we have gone on a run to the quarter finals ? absolutely not, as morale would have been on the floor. We would have limpted into All Ireland series with zero confidence and It would have most likely spelled end of current managmeent team too. Thare are fine fine margins from being villians to heros and vica versa.
Same for Louth, they were beaten by a poor Dublin side in Leinster championship by 10 points but completely turned it around with a fantastic win over Dublin then in All-Ireland series and the help of a bit of luck against Aramgh, along with a never say die attitude.
Even Dublin themselves look like All Ireland contenders now with Brennan back on the line. Its all very unpredictable and puditary is absolutely crazy at times. If a team is beaten by a point, its pointed out how the winning team were so far superior in every way, but in fact, it was probably a decison went against them or a rub of the green. Such is sport!" And what have we won or achieved after been in div 1 for 10 years losing your midfield battle by 80% or conceding 1 10 without reply last year is not unlucky its lack.of vision ,vision to build a team that's fit to take on top top teams a team that are ready to go to another level that is not achievable with 1 or 2 fielders injuries happen management and cloghan is supposed to ammend these issues from a long way off and it's not happening no options no fielders
Farneyblueandwhite (National) - 01/07/2026 14:38:46
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Emmets67: "Gleeson gone to Galway United, finally clearing the way for Barry McHugh to fulfil his destiny as Galway's No 1" I really don't see why not at this stage. If mchugh can kick accurately off the ground imagine what he'd be like off the tee. Hes good in the air and has played for galway in the past. If we picked up an injury mid game he could also go up front. Frees have cost us in the past he could be our own version of Rory beggan or Niall Morgan with his skills. Well worth a trial in the FBD or Allianz league to see how it goes
Galwayman67420 (National) - 01/07/2026 14:18:25
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Lolou37: "Ah here sum excuses louths two best backs are out for your dermot Campbell and Peter Lynch tadhg McDonnell came on with a broken finger.better team won if we had 15 we would of bet yous by 10 points" No one is arguing the better team won and congrats and best of luck to you. I honestly don't think you would have bet us by as much with 15 men, I actually think with 15 men we would've controlled the game better. Monaghan have been where you are, we beat Armagh in 2023 in a quarter and we marginally weren't even the better team, its about hunger, resilience and the want on the day and you showed what we had in 23.
Those are 3 men ok, maybe starters but no where near the talent we were missing, its not an excuse. We were missing the best goalie in the country, a lad that played in Australia and a 20 yr old next best thing, on top of 3 other decent players who are probably at the level of the lads you named above. For a small county like ours we cant afford to be missing them.
monaghanmad (National) - 01/07/2026 12:08:20
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Championship Attendances - 1 Like(s)
Was listening to a sports show today and they reckon croke park will pull in 300000 supporters for the 4 all ireland semi finals ( 2 hurling and 2 football) . They say Cork alone could sell out croke park this weekend. Dublin v Kerry should sell out . 70000 + for the limerick v Clare game and the same for Mayo v Louth. I actually think Mayo v Louth could be a sell out too. Mayo have a huge support and there won't be a person left in Drogheda and Dundalk next weekend. Some support all the same from all . Ill be at them all . Cant wait.
DublinBrian (National) - 01/07/2026 00:23:06
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
I can feel the pain ye are going trough from here. It's the absolute killer about championship, you lose and your out, done until after Christmas. Even if you had a mickey mouse league game to focus on it would be better than reliving what went wrong over and over.
But it will pass and when it does you will have some great memories of 2026. I think the Derry match was one of the best games I have ever seen as a neutral.
2027 is another year.
Cbar (National) - 01/07/2026 11:41:15
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To countymonaghan: "Any context to this? Is he not injured? What has happened him?" Very hard to give context on here but bit of a maverick at times. Iv mentioned this before about the current management and the previous which included the current. its repeated that lads dont have it in them for county. i will give some quick examples of lads that should be about the panel with apparent bad attitude or not fit for county that for me could be better managed:
kevin loughran
2 o mcdonnells from clontibret
wilson
mohan
mc phillips
mc nulty
sean jones
mulligan
conor forde
mc bennett
irwin
Rory Woods id say wasnt too easy handled, padraig donaghy wasnt the easiest either. We all speak glowingly of Kieran hughes. Malachy had to manage a situation there at times.
Good management will get a tune out of a player and get a team rowing in the right direction. gallagher with mc faul, mc geeney with o neill.
Iv seen players have 1 bad game and then poof gone. what exaclty is being said? Iv spoke to happier lads in bantys time. hughes, Boyle and duffy retired early, mc nulty and mc phillips went travelling. found this all very strange.
I would imagine next year will be a damp squib with boys waiting out the last year of this term if nothing changes.
monaghanfootballfan (National) - 01/07/2026 11:25:09
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To eunans4ever: "100% - it as our kickouts and attacking play that ultimately ended our championship." Dublin players glided past, with just the hint of a sidestep, around the arc. That was a massive issue.
Expertinall (National) - 01/07/2026 10:47:26
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Who Would Be A Referee ? - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Tadhg2020: "I dont know much about what happened but banning kids and adults that weren't involved solves nothing and helps noone.
Those involved will be dealt with in the courts where appropriate and by the Association. There is no need to bring people who weren't even there into it." There is no way that the adult and kid who were on top of that ref on the ground haven't had some sort of previous issue at another match. These things are never once off's - there is obviously an attitude and behavioural problem that has been tolerated. The team coaches and likely clubs children's officer have likely been allowing this fella away with bad behaviour for years.
tirawleybaron (National) - 01/07/2026 10:06:55
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Eddie the Exile: "We can give it the usual 'it was great to be in Croke Park' shtick, but we shouldn't. Because it wasn't.
Sunday was an abject failure in management, not just on the day, within the game, but going back a long time before. When the air thins and the margins tighten, you then see the accumulated weaknesses for what they really are. Sunday was that.
At 8:40am on Monday 21st, Peter Dooley and Gavin Devlin started planning for playing Monaghan in CP without Rory Beggan. Kickout strategy, loading midfield, packing the short spaces, McDonnell deep for any long options. It took until Thursday night for Monaghan to accept that reality. One short training game later and a decision was made that may have the effect of damaging the careers of two young goalkeepers, not just one. A decision of such recklessness that it is scarcely believable. Were any of the senior management setup in the Athletic grounds in April?
I said all last week that Dara McDonnell at 6 was key and a solution was needed. Did anyone watch the Louth Dublin and Armagh games and if so WTF were they looking at?? Woods had to drop in but not a bit of it. The red card was a get-out-of-jail moment and that was passed up too. Just go 14-14 and bring Hanratty on even if only to block on kickouts. Gallagher out was an obvious issue (it took 15 minutes to take him of after the injury v Westmeath BTW), but the lack of cover was the real long term problem. A year after the Donegal meltdown we are back to square one. Too many viable midfield options have walked away - you have to ask why. The hairy fella, ill-disciplined and all as he was, was needed in a crisis. No sign. Two more major midfield options not on the panel at all in 2026. A panel like Monaghan just cannot pass up on these lads. Stephen Mooney too was superb when he came in- should have started, probably instead of the un-droppable man. Harsh but the truth.
Even with all that said, Monaghan still led with 4 to go, before all sorts of panic broke out. It showed what could have been but wasn't. The control needed was absent on the pitch and on the line. An unforgivable meltdown.
I've truly admired what this setup has done for Monaghan football, they steadied the ship when we were looking very bleak after Vinnie's departure. I do think however that the time is up now. Two big opportunities missed in Croke Park, we cannot waste any more with this generation of players. The ruthlessness to win when it matters is missing and that's what's needed now. Simple question, would Monaghan have won if Devlin was running the show on Sunday? Go from there" Couldn't disagree with any of this. Very fair assessment.
Can someone tell me how our starting line up was so widely known on the eve/morning of the game? Louth were prepared for a game without Beggan as you said but surely we could keep news from the squad a bit more tight lipped?
ConyersHill04 (National) - 01/07/2026 09:32:07
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Mayo GAA Thread - 1 Like(s)
I think ye are in a great position. Nobody is really talking about Mayo. Over the next two weeks, Louth will have to deal with all the fanfare and circus that comes with reaching their first All-Ireland semi-final since the 1950s, while most of the media attention will be on the Kerry v Dublin semi-final, with everyone hoping it'll be a classic. That leaves Mayo in the ideal position to go about their business quietly without much fuss.
Dmoa95 (National) - 01/07/2026 09:19:36
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